BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

2006-12-31T06:49:00.000-05:00

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR AND I WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO WISH MAO NDIAYE HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I HOPE AND PRAY THIS YEAR 2007 WILL TAKE US OVER THE TOP IN OUR WORK AND IN OUR LIVES. WE HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD WITH MANY SACRIFICES AND WE ARE TO RECEIVE A BREAK THIS YEAR. MAO I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I PRAY YOU WILL BE HERE SOON. AND THAT WE RECEIVE ENOUGH DONATIONS OR ASSISTANCE TO MAKE OUR EDUCATIONAL CENTERS IN AFRICA A VERY BIG PART OF THE AFRICAN EMPOWERMENT MOVEMENT. ONCE THEY ARE BEGUN THEY WILL FUND THEMSELVES. I SEND YOU MY LOVE AND A BIG HUG! ALWAYS, DEL

Meeting with a beggar child

2006-12-12T11:12:00.000-05:00

Meeting with a “Talibé” in the City of Saint-Louis , Senegal , West Africa

This is not a surprise to meet with a beggar child, commonly knows as “talibé”, outside the city of Saint-Louis .
During my last Bajito Onda journey in Saint-Louis , I came to meet with a beggar boy called Modou Diaw. Aged from six (6) years, I met with him in my way early before eight (8) in the morning holding out a big empty tomato can that serves him to collect items such as money and foods. I saw him running out the streets without any shoes on his feet wearing out a small pants with an old and dirty shirt in rag while it got really cold in such streets. Modou whose father is dead of Malaria came to Saint-Louis by walk from his native village called “Teud Bitti” which is located between Louga and Saint-Louis and where the extreme poverty deserves. Modou who is begging since this time in Saint-Louis is supposed to feed himself and to help his mother who has stayed in the poor village of “Teud Bitti”. He lives in the street in the middle of downtown with a group of what is referred to as “faxman” - ‘Wolof’ term to designate people who, as a result of the damage of familial relations, decide to deliberately make a breaking with their parents in leaving them to elope in places unknown to them - who has set themselves up under the market stalls of Sor, Saint-Louis . He uses to beg every day from seven (7) a: m to night (9) p: m. For that he gets any times for leisure except when he plays with his buddies outside the streets during the begging times.
He has already joined a gang of little “talibé” forced by “faxmen” to steal and sell drugs and marijuana in the streets. He is also exploited by some tourists giving him money to sex with him.
The begging look like a strong struggle for this young boy because he is obliged to beg at least the sum of USD1 a day while his begging square is frequented by lots of child and adult beggars.
The original meaning appointing a “talibé” like a young pupil at a koranic school studying with a “marabout” (koranic teacher) does not work for Modou Diaw. He has never been to school. Neither to a French school nor to a koranic school. Perhaps the street is his official school.
His only dream is to join the Bajito Onda Educational training programs for Children.

By Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
African Programs Director
Bajito Onda Foundation

From the Begging of Talibé (Beggar children) to the juvenile delinquency

2006-12-12T11:09:00.000-05:00

Many Talibés (beggar children) desert what is referred to as "daaras" (koranic house) to join bands of delinquents, paedophiles, receivers and narcotrafiquants which transforms them into a slave of sex or drug pushers. They grow thus in the delinquency and end up becoming Faxman (attackers) or Boudiouman (people eating in dutsbins).

By Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
African Programs Director
Bajito Onda Foundation

Categorization of the street children in Senegal

2006-12-12T11:04:00.000-05:00

The street children can be classified in four main categories:
1) the children entrusted by their parents to marabouts(koranic teacher) for the training of the coran;
2) the children resulting from the poor families living in the street;
3 the children in difficult situation (children in situation of conflict with the law, children in moral danger, children victims of family violences or parents separated, orphan, young doped or delinquents in rupture with their family, children given up by their parents, handicapped children, etc.) ;
4 the street children meadows of their residences or excluded from the education system.
By Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
African Programs Director
Bajito Onda Foundation

La misère

2006-10-11T09:51:00.000-04:00

La misère en Afrique est effrayante. J'ai notamment eu l'occasion de vivre grâce à la fondation Bajito Onda Africa pendant deux mois à Bamako (Mali), le quotidien de jeunes prostituées-agées de 12 à 20 ans-abandonnées et obligées de dormir dans des bars ou des chambres de passage.Porteuses de nombreuses maladies dont la plus fréquente est le Sida,ces jeunes prostituées sont souvent originaires de pays en conflits tels que la côte-d'ivoire,le Liberia et la Sierra-Leonne.Voir de telles choses fait peur et ne laisser indifférent.Si,comme certains me l'ont déjà demandé,vous souhaitez aider ces jeunes filles,mettez vous en rapport avec la fondation Bajito Onda.

Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
African Programs Director
Bajito Onda Africa Foundation
www.bajitoondaafrica.org
mao@bajitoondaafrica.org

Bajito Onda teachs the Senegalese street gang -Faxmen- life-changing lessons

2006-10-06T13:05:00.000-04:00

The 15-year-old and more that fifty "faxmen" are training at Bajito Onda Africa Foundation. Some of them smoking or selling Marijuana are either drug addicts,attackers,or ex-offenders.
Ms.Del Hendrixson,the executive Director and Founder of Bajito Onda,a spanish term for the underground scene is concerned about teaching them life-changing lessons in the development of murals,t-shirt,decal,signage,caps,stickers,flyers,letterhead,envelopes,printing,as well as in the writing,directing and production of television shows,art projects,internet and website development. She spent money from her printing business to expand this program in Africa. In Bajito Onda's headquarters at the old East Dallas warehouse,the staff is printing CD Art,T-shirts,office forms,Door hangers and other items to help run the African gang outreach Ngo working to recycling lives and saving futures through Art and Graphics skill.

Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
AfricanPrograms Director
Bajito Onda Africa Foundation
www.bajitoondaafrica.org
mao@bajitoondaafrica.org

ART PROGRAM/SOCIAL PROGRAM

2006-09-25T12:32:00.000-04:00

Nous avons débuté le programme d'art de Bajito Onda en Afrique.Ce programme consiste à faire découvrir de talentueux peintres et plasticiens Africains au pubic Américain.
De jeunes artistes seront invités à venir à participer aux différents show d'arts qui y seront organisés par la foundation Bajito Onda à Dallas/Texas-USA.
Nous invitons tout artiste peintre ou plasticien à venir poster son art sur la partie de notre site internet consacrée à l'art Africain.

BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

2006-09-25T10:38:00.000-04:00

BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

Nous invitons les artistes Africains à venir produire dans le studio de Bajito Onda à Dallas,Texas,USA
We invit any African Artists to come and produce in the Bajito Onda studio in Dallas,Texas,USA
Nous invitons aussi les peintres et autres artistes à venir exposer leurs arts sur notre site internet pour permettre au public Americain de s'impregner de leurs produits.

Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
African art Director
Bajito onda Foundation

INTRODUCTION TO BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

2005-12-21T12:35:00.001-05:00

INTRODUCTION TO BAJITO ONDA
AFRICA FOUNDATION

HISTORY

Bajito Onda Comunity Development foundation is
established as a registrated organization in the
Gambia (West Africa) on May, 2004.
The foundation is inspired on the model developed by
Del Hendrixson,the founder and chief executive officer
(CEO) of the Bajito Onda Movement,in the mid 1980’s in
Dallas city-Texas/USA. Hendrixson developed the model
of The Hope Reintegration Habitat, a gang prevention
and intervention program designed to reintegrate young
people and adults returning from prisons or
correctional institutions back into society.
The model was developed based on the philosophy that
persons who had been involved in criminal activities
and street gangs need positive alternatives in order
to improve their lives and become self-sufficient and
reliable in their community. The model was established
in an effort to break the cycle of recidivism by
helping to restore dignity and hope on the lives of
ex-offenders in order for these people to build or
regain dignity.
Bajito Onda gave street gang members and
ex-convicts/parolees an opportunity to turn in a new
life through work by creating products to earn
income.Thereby giving an alternative to those who have
fallen from the society so as to increase global
economy. Today, Bajito Onda serves as a community
US-based international organization, using Hendrixson
philosophy to empower women and children in Africa.

DEFINITION

Bajito Onda Foundation appears in Africa as a Human
Rights, Peace, Justice and development oriented, non
profit, non discriminatory, charity organization
established to coordinate and promote non violent
practices and community development programmes and
services through offering positive educational
alternatives/choices for youths and communities, to
street life, crime, drugs addiction and dependence,
prison etc.
Thus we design creative hands on development
programmes for disadvantaged youths/young women, drug
addicts etc. And also offer trauma/stress counseling
to those individuals with dysfunctional family
circumstances. One of its main focuses is to advocate
for issues relating to the protection and development
of vulnerable group in the African Society. Paramount
among which are issues relating to Women, Children and
youths generally.

STRUCTURE

Bajito Onda Africa Staff consists of :

Mr Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye--Continent Director and Development Director.
The Staff is appointed,suspended and discharged by the
Board,which also supervises the policy pursued and
approves the Annual Accounts of the organization.

POLICY

Bajito Onda Africa empowers women and
children.Today many women and children in Africa are
the victims of rejects in the society.The main reasons
for this are the lack of access to and participation
in political decision-making and the lack of access to
education and health facilities.
Bajito Onda Africa can provide different forms of
assistance to fill the need of the targeted
community.When providing assistance it is the policy
of Bajito Onda Africa to directly involve in the
community need in finding ways to help solve it.It is
not the policy of Bajito Onda Africa to give funds to
any community based organizations. Nor to distribute
money to targeted groups.

MISSION

Bajito Onda Africa believes…

Restoring the hope of vulnerable people - Breaking the
cycle of injustice in Africa.
Bajito Onda Africa focus currently is women and
children:
• Give women and children hope for the future so that
they are successful contributing citizens.
• Save women and children from begging, labor, sexual
risks, addiction, prison, and death.
• Provide women and children with educational
materials and program for prevention through
education.

VISION

Bajito Onda Africa wants to be a tottally inclusive
nation wide in which the vulnerable women and children
can be included and treated with dignity in order to
save them from violence of any kind and to protect
them from the violation of the rights to shelter,
food, quality education and good health facilities, in
a listening, conducive learning and hospitable
environment towards rehabilitation.
Bajito Onda Africa tries to empower women and children
to fully and equally participate in social and
economic activities.

OBJECTIVE

The Foundations objectives are as follows:

• To provide a secure, non-corrupt environment that
creates awareness and educates the public on human
rights issues and empowerment programmes.
• To educate target beneficiaries on the pitfalls of
living the street life, e.g. drug abuse, HIV/AIDS,
irresponsible sexual patterns etc.
• To embark on community development programmes.
• To monitor, document and address human rights
violations/abuses.
• To identify donor Agencies for funding of community
development programmes and to guide targeted groups
for the rational utilization of provided funds.
• To identify, design and supervise the implementation
of community development project at grass root level.

PROGRAMS

-Education
-Implementing Business Boot Camp

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

The current activities we are working in Bajito Onda
Africa consists of:
. Strengthening the knowledge and capacity of the
target group to act (empowerment)
. Enhancing the political influence of a target group
(advocacy)
. Improving organisational performance and
implementation (capacity building)

ISSUES

AIDS prevention, Drugs, Mutilation, Abandoned street
children, Hunger and Housing for children and Women,
Women and Family farmers.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Over 1000 women and children in Africa are
benefiting annually in Bajito Onda Africa’s programs
• Chapters of Bajito Onda have been extended to
African countries such as Sierra- leonne,
Senegal,Liberia,Congo,Rwanda,Kenya,Tanzania.

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Participation at the sensitization campaign on
children’s rights-Banjul/The Gambia
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on
children’s education-April 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Collection and distribution of donation to poor
women-May 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on
HIV/AIDS-June 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization Campaign on
female’s sexual exploitation-July 2005
-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on child
labor-August 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Youth Reintegration Training and Education for
Peace/Peace Sensitization- April 2005-Sierra-Leone
• Victim–Offender Mediation and Victim–Offender
Reconciliation- August 2005-Freetown/Sierra-Leone
• Funding an Agricultural Project for the Women in
Pewulay-February 2005 Sierra Leone.
• Human Rights Advocacy, Monitoring and Reporting
workshop organize to train Human Rights
Defenders-August-September 2005/Sierra-Leone

PARTNERSHIPS

Bajito Onda Africa has established partnerships with :
• the African commission on human and people’s rights;
• the African centre for democraty and human rights
studies ;
• the department of social welfare in the Gambia ;
• the national youth council in the Gambia ;
• the national association for youths and children
organizations in the Gambia ;
• the national elections watch in Sierra-leonne ;
• the coalition of human rights defenders in
Sierra-leonne ;
• the international human rights educational
consortium in United States of America.

AWARDS

Member in standing of The African Commission on Human
and peoples’ Rights. Have decision-making observer
status at annual hearings

NEAR-TERM FUTURE PLANS

- Implementation of :

• An educational and rehabilitation center (A site run
by trained professionals where people in hard
situation can discuss freely, attend classes, receive
counseling and learn about how to better their life).
• An empowerment Agency (A site run by trained
professionals where Bajito Onda sells products and
services and train vulnerable people to marketing and
management)
• An exchange program (An internship program that
connects Bajito Onda Africa with others Bajito Onda
chapters as well as others organizations).

-Implementation of new projects such as

• Action for the girl-child
• Save the Talibe (Beggar Children)
• Secured future for children/youths
• Practical skills for effective women empowerment
• urban Media productions audio and visual recording
studio
• Capacity Building on Human Rights Advocacy -
Monitoring & Reporting for Civil Societies and
Community Based Organization
• Auditing the activities of organisations benefiting
from Hiv/Aids funds
• Advocacy and sensitization workshop on Female
Circumcision (FM)

CURRENT CHALLENGES

Bajito Onda Africa needs :
• New materials for the expansion of the Secretariat
in the Gambia
• Steady funding for operations
• Community partners and funding to implement new
projects.

MAJOR DUTIES

• Raise funds for the headquarters
• Raise funds for the African chapters
• Acquire other needed resources for the achievement
of Bajito Onda Africa’s mission
• Create policies that Bajito Onda Africa’s staff will
implement
• Fulfill the mission of empowering women and children
in Africa
• Bring diverse experience, views, and suggestions to
guide program creation and delivery

SOURCES OF FUNDING AND SUPPORT

Bajito Onda Africa RECEIVES ALL funding and
the salary of PAPA MAO FALL NDIAYE IS MAINTAINED
WITH support from:

The GLOBAL Headquarters, MS. DEL HENDRIXSON in Dallas-Texas/USA
Donations through philanthropic agencies/institutions
and individuals.
Revenue from projects developed in the community.

Last meeting of the Board

2005-12-19T12:50:00.000-05:00

Last meeting of the Board hold in the headquarters in Dallas-Texas/USA on December 9,2005

Bajito Onda

7:15 – 7:25 Introductions
7:25 – 7:30 Mission & Cindy Video
7:30 – 7:40 Programs
7:30 – 7:45 History & Accomplishments with Videos
7:45 – 7:55 Future Plans & Challenges
7:55 – 8:10 Board Membership Opportunities
8:10 – 8:20 Commitment & Questions

MISSION: Bajito Onda Believes….
PREVENTION NOT DETENTION

BAJITO ONDA BELIEVES IN KIDS. ALL KIDS. ESPECIALLY THE KIDS WHO MADE A MISTAKE.
Programs target Youth at Risk
- Saving children from gangs, addiction, prison
and death.
–Provide ALL KIDS with educational materials and programs for PREVENTION through Education

MISSION: Bajito Onda Believes….
Breaking the Cycle. Restoring Hope.

Programs designed for Vulnerable Adults:
Facilitate reintegration into society, community & family
Bajito Onda focus currently is Prisoners:
Give persons in PRISON hope for the future
Reintegrating ex offenders back into society so that they are successful contributing citizens.
Program Model can be replicated to support other vulnerable people, such as battered women and homeless

Two Kinds of Programs

1.Direct Services:

BUSINESS BOOT CAMP – Kids or At-Risk Adults:

–Graphic Design & Photography, Publishing
–Design / Printing: Screen Printing – Offset Printing – Digital Printing – Signs and Banners
–Web: Design – Site Building - Hosting – Reselling
–Video Production & Recording Studio (Music and Video)
–Computer: Building – Rebuilding – Networking
–Trades: Welding, Photograph

OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS:

–Christmas for Children (of Parolees and Needy Families)
–Life skills training

2. REPLICATING PROGRAM MODULES – Support community agencies (through
partnerships) to deliver Bajito Ondo programs that educate and support Youth at
Risk and Vulnerable Adults
Replication involves tailoring program modules to community needs and
“training the trainers” to deliver services to clients

Examples of program modules:
–Business Bootcamp training stations
–Gang Intervention/Education in schools ‘The Ugly Truth Programs’
–Onda Community Outreach Magazine and agencies
–Community education such as speaker bureaus
–Traveling Educational Murals
–Educational Prevention At-risk videos

2.REPLICATING PROGRAM MODULES (cont.)

BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

Through Education - implementing Business Bootcamp programs and support services - empower women, children and exoffenders in Africa
–Founded 2003 as a Non-Government Organization (NGO)
–Africa Foundation Staff:
Continent Director – Amidu Mansaray (Mansarie)
Development Director – Mao Ndiaya (Nadia)
–Chapters: The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania
–Issues: AIDS Prevention, Drugs, Mutilation, Abandoned Street Children, Hunger & Housing for Children and Women, Women and Family Farmers
–Member in standing of The African Union. Have decision-making observer status at annual hearings
–DEL READS LETTER FROM AMIDU

History

PEOPLE TOLD ME I COULD NOT HELP ANYONE WITHOUT A LOT OF MONEY

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

–Over the years, Del has trained, coached and counseled 10,000 clients and their families – face-to-face, prisons all over state, schools, juvenile and correctional facilities, bootcamps, churches in Dallas and around the country, street gangs, internet outreach, PLUS agencies, Dallas parole offices, conferences
–Estimated 80% of the people exposed to Bajito Onda are successful
–Distributed 50,000 Outreach magazines which have a 50 times pass along – 2.5 million lives educated on their level – in their language
–Given out 30,000 Tshirts with messages of peace & love – alternative apparel to gang clothing and tangible proof someone cares

Recent Accomplishments

Moved to new 10,000 sf. facility with over ten creative and production training stations
MOVED FROM THE 8X12’ BOX TO THE QUALITY INN
Created Recording studio that is now producing artists via music therapy
Acquired Versacamm Digital Media Printer / Cutter (another training station)
Partnering with N. Tx Parole – Comm Partnership Council Member – Success Celebration – Prison Art Show – Helping with Special Needs Parolees
Partnering with Dallas Urban League to train at-risk youth via contract
Launching new Board of Directors to expand the power and reach of current programs

Near-Term Future Plans

Get Dallas HQ stable
-Cover costs of facility, salaries for staff, equipment, etc
Implement the current pilot programs as full-scale programs:
–U.S. Community Partnerships – prevention and reintegration
–Africa Community Partnerships – Raise $20,000 for Bajito Onda Africa Foundation
–Bajito Onda Community Outreach Magazines
–Traveling Educational Murals (gang / drug / domestic violence, etc.
–Prevention HelpCells – 1st pod implementation (next slide)
–Reintegration Hope Habitat (see detail on later slide)
–Implement new programs (and replicate) such as
One day GLOBAL GANG CONFERENCE (March 2006) and then expand to other communities
Implement Community Gang Website, Gang info hotlines and other technology to educate law enforcement personnel and communities
Receive TX Work Force Training approval
Move to new facility with lower costs and more space, handicap access, etc.

Near-Term Future Plans: (cont.)
HelpCell

Way to educate youth at risk by:
1) hearing stories of people in prison and
2) experiencing what it’s like to be in a prison cell in a safe, controlled environment
HelpCell is a special facility with “prison cells” that simulate being in prison for youth at risk
Allows several youth to receive services at the same time
Allows for control of their experience by showing videos of stories that have been edited for impact and education.

Near-Term Future Plans: (cont.)
Reintegration Hope Habitat

Community created to support people with special re-entry needs such as ex-prisoners, sex offenders, homeless, battered women, etc.
Services to intended to train, develop and support people to successfully re-enter their community and family include:
–Housing
–Food
–Transportation
–Job Training and Placement
–Social Skills (such as anger management, effective communication)
–Life Skills (such as using the bus system & phones, money management, how to be a good employee)
–Counseling, Medical services, etc.

Current Challenges

Del and staff can not take the organization to the next stage with their present structure, funding and level of community support
Need steady funding for operations - $25,000 per month at minimum (some costs off-set by printing income)
Need van
Upgrade outdated equipment and facilities to provide higher technical training
To implement pilot programs/services as full programs, need community partners and funding – examples are HelpCell, Reintegration Hope Community, Outreach magazine, Africa work, gang website/hotline

New “Working” Board

Goal is to build a new board that will get up under the staff and support the mission and future plans
Board will be a WORKING Board that is a TEAM
Want diverse membership to represent, and outreach to, all facets of the community we serve Ethnic, Socio economic, Professionally, Culturally, Faith, Ex-offenders / Courts / Law enforcement / Corrections

Major Duties - Board of Directors

1.GIVE MONEY
2.GET MONEY
3.AS A TEAM, HELP PROVIDE OR ACQUIRE OTHER NEEDED RESOURCES – Legal, Grant-writing, Fundraising, Networking
4.BE COMMUNITY ADVOCATE – BE SPOKESPERSON
5.HELP CREATE POLICIES THAT STAFF WILL IMPLEMENT
6.BRING DIVERSE EXPERIENCE, VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS TO GUIDE PROGRAM CREATION AND DELIVERY
7.HELP THE ORGANIZATION FULFILL THE MISSION OF EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT DETENTION AND FACILITATE REINTEGRATION.

Board Membership

Attend quarterly meetings
Participate in committees and/or officer of board
Attend special board meetings or calls as decided by the board
–May be monthly board calls for 30-60 minutes
–May be board and/or committeee meetings more frequently
–More frequent meetings at beginning & exact commitment will be decided BY the Board
Help establish board organization, policies and procedures
Leadership Ambassador in community for Bajito Onda
Recruit new members to grow organization supporters, donors and committee members
Fundraising/Special Events
WE WANT YOU TO CHOOSE THE AREA THAT INSPIRES YOU.
AND BAJITO ONDA NEEDS YOUR HELP.

What can you bring to the table?

Be on Board of Directors – Focus of Tonight
OR
Advisory Council member
AND
Financial Contributor
Support Fundraising
Serve on a Committee Member

Board Committees

Board Officers: President, VP, Secretary and Treasurer
Board Recruitment & Development
Board Administration, Policies, etc.
Finance and Budget
Fundraising and Grant-writing
Program Development and Implementation
Other – Strategic Planning, Volunteer Recruitment, Legal

Why serve on the Board?

Because …
We save kids from joining gangs and heading for prison and help ex-offenders re-enter our community and create a new future
We help save lives and make the community safer
Our mission cannot be delivered without people in the community taking a leadership role
YOU WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

COMMITMENT

Complete the form to let us know how you would like to participate with Bajito Onda
Make a donation TONIGHT
–If each of you would donate $100 or more, we would raise $2500.

BEATING A DEAD HORSE

SINCE 1985 I HAVE BEEN GIVING TO THE D/FW COMMUNITY – WHILE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR BAJITO ONDA PROGRAMS
SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HERE NEXT WEEK TO BEGIN RELATIONS FOR GANG PREVENTION CHAPTER IN S.D. CA

WHY AFRICA & THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES?

THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE NO LAND LINES – HUGE POPULATIONS –
PREPAY CELL PHONE IN POOR COUNTRIES
TANZANIA: 4 CELL PHONE COS BUY 5,000,000 TSHIRTS EA. QUARTER AT $4 PER SHIRT – THEY PURCHASE THE SHIRTS IN TZ FOR $1 AND TRANSPORT THE SHIRTS TO IRAN, EUROPE OR S. AFRICA TO PRINT AND BACK – TAKING $15,000,000 IN TRAINING AND FUNDING FROM THE CAUSES IN THE COUNTRIES.
MANY INDUSTRIES & INTL CORPS DO NOT PRODUCE ITEMS IN AFRICA OR OTHER THIRD WORLD CO DUE TO LACK OF TECHNOLOGICAL TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT

MAO AND AMIDU

ARE READY TO TRAVEL HERE TO THE USA – TO WORK AND LEARN IN ORDER TO BECOME TRAINERS TO VULNERABLE PEOPLES OF AFRICA AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES.
I HAVE SENT $5,000 TO THEM IN ONE YEAR TO HAVE THEIR VISAS DENIED.
NEED HELP DESPERATELY HERE

MAY GOD KEEP BAJITO ONDA’S DOOR OPENED!!!

2005-09-28T14:47:00.000-04:00

MAY GOD KEEP BAJITO ONDA’S DOOR OPENED!!!

When I was homeless, hopeless;
When I was hungry, lonely;

The Lord of providence took me to Bajito Onda Family.

When I was rejected, disappointed;
When I was sick, tired, and poor;

The Lord of love and protection led me to Bajito Onda Family.

When I joined the BO Family, it’s gave me love, hope and faith.
When I joined the BO Family, it made me, strong, more enthusiastic, and merciful.

Oh Lord! We give thanks and praise to you for Bajito Onda Foundation
We humbly ask this in the name of your lovely son JESUS, to have our Family’s door opened to others!!

We ask this through Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen!!!

Rv.Christ (Warrior of Prayer)

BO prayers

2005-09-28T14:46:00.000-04:00

LORD HELP ME TO BREAK THAT CERCLE AND GIVE HOPE.

Any time there are hopeless and rejected ones,
Lord, help me to give hope.
When ever there are people who don’t eat enough,
Lord, give me a merciful heart to share my bread with them.
Anywhere there are homeless and orphans,
Lord, help me to welcome them in my heart and in my home.

Oh God almighty, God of gods, Lord of lords. We do believe and trust in you no matter who we are and what we do.
From you, shall come our strength and in you shall remain our Bajito Onda family which is also your family.
We do ask this through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen!!!

Rv. Christ

A young priest joined Bajito Onda Foundation

2005-09-28T14:37:00.000-04:00

My name is Christophe CISSE, commonly cold Christ. I am 24 years old from Mali in West Africa. From a Moslem family, I was converted in to Christianity when was 12 years old. Since at that time, my parents suggested me to stop with the Christianity or to leave the family and I have decided to obey God not to men. That’s the first step of my separation with my family.
“To be Christian is acceptable but to be priest is unacceptable” said my parents.
With a strong faith in God, I wanted to give my life to Jesus as priest in the Society of the Missionary of Africa. Reason why I did priesthood studies during seven years. Then I graduated in Philosophy, Religious Sciences, Bilingual Studies (French & English) and New Technologies of Information and Communication (NTIC).
I just wanted to be able to serve people wherever I might be, reason why I offer these courses.

Where there are saints, there are also evils, according to a saying! So as I used to be brilliant in school, my rector (headmaster) didn’t like me because I was black and from a Moslem family, therefore I shouldn’t be the top of a class where some white men study.
He did anything just to truck me down but he couldn’t because there was no pretext for him to drive me out of the seminary. So from his attitude, I have come to realize that I was not going fare and I have decided to quit the formation house. I wouldn’t want to live a hypocrite life and I didn’t like to have my life controlled by anybody. I was not free in my thought and in my actions. I don’t pretend to be perfect or good in everything but actually I was not on the wrong side of the law.
Now that I have left the church ministries, where I am going because I have been rejected by my parents? “Never mind, God knows where to lead us in such a situation”, said my mind to me.

One good day, during my daily fight for daily bread in a big bad country, I met Amidu Mansaray, the Global Outreach Director of Bajito Onda in Bamako for Mali Chapter of which I am now the National Director. He made me translate the constitution of the Bajito Onda foundation. That gave me the chance to meet Del Hendrixson, she had compassion and love for me and she invited me to take port of BO daily fight and I didn’t waste time to join Bajito Onda Family.
Now that I am part of BO family, therefore I dedicate my vocation to those who need hope and love. Even though I am not ordained as priest, I feel like the priest of BO family.

To end this statement, I would like to appeal anybody who is willing to work in the humanitarian field to have regard on Bajito Onda Foundation so that we could achieve the mission that we have started some years ago. We do need your help, no matter how it could be, just do something for us.
God bless Mummy DEL, God bless BO family, and God bless all of our benefactors…

Rv. Christ CISSE

MAO AND CHRIST ON THEIR BAJITO ONDA JOURNEY

2005-09-26T00:54:00.000-04:00

NEW BROTHERS IN THE FAMILY ARE CHRIST FROM MALI BAJITO ONDA - AND MAO FROM SENEGAL BAJITO ONDA - I HAVE DIRECTED THEM TO HEAD TO THE GAMBIA TO JOIN AFRICA AND GLOBAL OUTREACH DIRECTOR AMIDU MANSARAY SO THAT WE MAY FORM A MAIN AFRICAN OFFICE. THE NEW BROTHERS WHO JUST MET TODAY ARE HEADING TO THE GAMBIA BY TRAIN AND CAR IN ORDER TO BEGIN SERVING UNDER AMIDU'S DIRECTION AND MY DIRECTION BY EMAIL. IF YOU WILL PLEASE HELP US TO GET DONATIONS FOR THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS - WE CAN SEND THEM TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, AND EVEN $10 PER STAFF PERSON PER MONTH FOR A SALARY. SUCH A PITTANCE BUT IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO DO ALL THIS BY MYSELF. IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH A DONATION OF FREIGHT TO SEND EQUIPMENT TO THEM IN THE GAMBIA - IT WILL ALSO HELP A LOT. IN PEACE AND WITH SO MUCH LOVE TO MY SONS MAO AND CHRIST - THEY WILL NEVER BE ALONE AND DEPRESSED AGAIN. LAST MONTH CHRIST HAD MALARIA - AND NO ONE TO CARE FOR HIM - NOW HE IS WITH OUR GLOBAL FAMILY.
IN APPRECIATION FOR ANYTHING ANYONE CAN DO - DEL HENDRIXSON / GLOBAL FOUNDER

Du sang neuf pour Bajito Onda Africa

2005-09-24T08:02:00.000-04:00

Après quelques semaines de préparation, nous voici enfin prêt à concrétiser notre projet : aller soutenir nos frères en Bajito Onda pour le travail si important qu’ils effectuent en terre Africaine pour aider les populations misérables telles que les enfants des rues, les femmes pauvres et les prisonniers.Ce sera en Gambie (Afrique de l’ouest), pays idéal pour effectuer ce genre de travail.
Chris et moi (Mao) nous nous apprêtions à quitter nos pays respectifs pour aller rejoindre notre famille Bajito Onda basée en Gambie.
Président de Bajito Onda Mali, chris a déjà réalisé dans son pays plusieurs oeuvres pour le compte de l’organisation.
Educateur social, j’ai pu réalisé récemment un reportage, sur les enfants mendiants et les femmes pauvres, qui aide à mieux comprendre le vécu quotidien des populations vulnérables au Sénégal.
Nous comptons autant faire ce peut regrouper toutes nos expertises en terre Gambienne en vue de donner un nouvel élan à Bajito Onda Africa.

Mao
Bajito Onda Senegal
mao@bajitoonda.org

The extreme poverty of the at-risk people in West Africa (The case of Senegal).

2005-09-22T06:08:00.000-04:00

The Calvary of poor women and homeless children in West Africa is frightening. Thank to a reportage on vulnerable people in Saint-Louis (Senegal), we yesterday had the opportunity to live the daily of some deserted children (aged from 5 to 10 years) living alone in the streets, obliged to sleep on the ground and to beg for foods in the house in order to live.
We also met with some poor women living in filthy districts which often are contaminated by germs. Some of these women live in a difficult situation as they hold starving children they always need to feed. Living with poor men without work, these women are sometimes obliged to prostitute themselves in order to support their family. Very energetic women, many of them work hard in the markets and in the fields in order to earn their life.
It was very stressful for us to see the living conditions of these people. If you need to consult with the reportage, feel free to contact Mum Del Hendrixson as we always need help to save the at-risk people.

Mao
Bajito Onda Senegal
mao@bajitoonda.org

THE BEGGAR 'TALIBES' IN DAKAR (SENEGAL) : INVENTORY OF FIXTURES

2005-09-20T04:45:00.000-04:00

Introduction

Current affairs drive to question oneself about the issue of beggar children which constitutes a worrying one as far as the respect of children rights is concerned.This question arises with acuteness in Africa and particularly in Senegal on account of the intensification of extreme poverty. ‘ In Senegal sixty five per cent of the populations live below of the threshold of poverty ‘(1).This alarming situation brings about pauperized farmers to entrust their children with ‘marabouts’ (religious guides) who use them in begging.
This paper, which aims to inform the Bajito Onda Foundation on the question, seeks to analyse the phenomenon with a specific reference to Dakar.It tries to answer the following questions: who are these beggar children? How do they live? What policy is adopted by the Senegalese state to take them in charge?

I-The beggar children

They are generally thin boys of 5 to 15 years usually entrusted by poor parents with ‘marabouts’ in charge of their koranic education.They are named ‘taalibe’ in Senegal.The word ‘Taalibe’ comes from Arabic ‘Talib’ which qualifies learning and asking people.Identifiable with their bare feet,their dirty clothes usually in rags and their empty tomato pots which serve as containers to keep the begged food, ‘Taalibes’ don’t frequent modern school.The whole of their education is based on both koran learning and begging.They live in ‘Daaras’(koranic schools) where ‘Marabouts’ initiate them into community life.Idle,they come mostly from arid areas.‘Among them Mauritanian refugees, Senegalese repatriated but also nationals from close countries pushed to exodus by drought’ according to Saliou Sarr, trainer at Ecole Normale (Teachers Training School) in Thies, Senegal. But, how do ‘Taalibes’ live?

III-The ‘Taalibes’ living conditions

They are living dramatically bad conditions.Some of them are boarded in ‘Daaras’ which are often dilapidated or unfinished houses without roof given to ‘Marabouts’ by people whose aim is to contribute to the ‘Taalibes’ koranic training.Others sleep in makeshift shelters such as garages,markets,etc. Overpopulated,the accomodations don’t meet simple sanitary conditions.There are neither water nor electricity in these lodgings.We can find in them many germs agents such as rats,mice,cockroaches,etc.This precariousness brings “Taalibes” to remain sometimes weeks or months without having a shower. On account of this, they risk to mortal epidemics such as malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, etc. Forsaken,they have no access to medical treatments.More than anything else, they are the victims of severe and unhuman punishments in ‘Daaras’ where they are ill-treated in the event of violation of the begging regulations (each day the ‘Taalibe’ is obliged to beg for at least the sum of five hundred CFA (more or less one dollar) in order to maintain the ‘Daara’).The fear of being beaten by the ‘Marabout’ brings them to commit vagrancy actions on the streets of Dakar :theft of money,food,clothes,etc.Some of them are exploited by ‘Faxmen’ (2) who use them in criminal actions (drug and indian hemp trafficking).On this account,they suffer of a violent police repression:raid,punching-up,judicial placement,etc

IV-Government with the beggar ‘Taalibe’ phenomenon

As a real social problem, the ‘Taalibe’ phenomenon doesn’t stop worrying the Senegalese authorities.Besides, as far back 1973, a law (Article 245 of the Penal Code) has been editted in order to get rid of begging in Senegal.This law planned to equip koranic schools with a legal statute which favours a good management of ‘Daaras’.But for lack of means,the legislation has not been enforced.However,various actions have been taken by the Senegalese government to control the problem (assistance,subsidies,etc.).Nevertheless, the populations’ impoverishment doesn’t stop making worse the begging phenomenon.According to the UNICEF (United Nations for Children’s Education Fund) 2005 report, 400,000 children are in vulnerability in Senegal and between 250,000 to 300,000 of them daily take part in begging in Dakar. ‘Senegal is attempting to better the situation of the most vulnerable children in the strategic document of poverty reduction (DSRP) and through both sectorial policies and programs for the protection of children’s rights’, declared Ian Hopwood who is the Unicef Representative to Senegal.Unfortunately, figures don’t plead in favor of this promise : the growth rate of Senegal which was about an average of five per cent from 1993 to 2000 is brought down around 2.3 per cent in 2002 according to the IMF.

Conclusion

This study on the beggar children phenomenon in Dakar has revealed the dreadful living conditions of ‘Taalibes’ forsaken by poor families and neglected by the Senegalese government who are incapable of enforcing a policy likely to alleviate the sufferings of the populations by a poverty reduction.Anyway, President Wade is seriously mistaken in expressing himself as to the phenomenon of poverty in Senegal as follows:‘the poverty notion,what is it?we can’t say that poverty is the matter of more or less one dollar a day, I find this completely stupid.We can say that it means when we haven’t a minimum to live on,no water,when we are hungry.But there is another stage,still more serious in poverty and it is extreme poverty.These are people so poor and in despair that they live out of the social norms.Well,this does not exist in Senegal! ’
The phenomenon of beggar ‘Taalibes’ is a particular case to contradict this thesis.

References

(1) 2003 Worlwide Report on Human Development.

(2) Faxmen: ‘Wolof’ (3) term to designate people who, as a result of the damage of familial relations, decide to deliberately make a breaking with their parents in leaving them to elope in places unknown to them.

(3) Wolof: language spoken by most Senegalese people.

Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
Bajito Onda Senegal
mao@bajitoonda.org

BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

2005-09-17T05:34:00.000-04:00

Bajito Onda a conquis le cœur des Africains (Bajito Onda won over the African heart).

Beaucoup d’Africains se posent des questions sur la signification de Bajito Onda.
D’abord pourquoi le mot ‘Bajito Onda’ ?
Bajito Onda est un nom espagnol signifiant le bas peuple. C’est un mot utilisé par Del Hendrixson, fondatrice du mouvement Bajito Onda, pour désigner les personnes misérables qui ne bénéficient d’aucune considération dans la société. Le mot se réfère en quelque sorte aux personnes sans espoir et en d’autres termes aux gens qui ont perdu le goût de la vie. L’objectif de Bajito Onda est d’ailleurs de leur redonner confiance.
Mais Bajito Onda est-elle une organisation, une société, un parti politique, un lieu de culte ou un mouvement religieux ?
Bajito Onda n’est rien d’autre q’une organisation humanitaire dont l’objectif est de venir en aide aux personnes sans espoir telles que les femmes pauvres, les enfants des rues et les ex-prisonniers par le biais d’une formation et d’un encadrement facilitant leur réinsertion sociale.
Mais quels sont les champs d’actions de l’organisation ?
Les actions de Bajito Onda était limitées aux personnes démunies vivant généralement aux Etats-Unis et particulièrement dans la ville de Dallas. Mais depuis quelques temps l’organisation a élargi son champ d’actions aux personnes vulnérables vivant à travers le monde. C’est ainsi que le Mexique et surtout l’Afrique ont été choisis comme zones d’intervention.
Mais pourquoi le choix de l’Afrique ?
Ce choix n’est pas gratuit. Il est d’ailleurs dicté par plusieurs considérations.
La première raison ayant motivé cette décision s’explique par la générosité de Del Hendrixson qui a voulu mettre à l’abri du besoin des fils Africains vivant dans des conditions misérables. En Afrique Bajito Onda encadre généralement des personnes sans espoir susceptibles de rejoindre sur le désire l’équipe de l’organisation. Aujourd’hui de par Del Hendrixson la plupart des Africains pris en charge par Bajito Onda ont déjà oublié leur vie passée.
Le deuxième soubassement de ce choix est lié au fait que les conditions d’existence des enfants, des femmes et des prisonniers Africains ont toujours préoccupées Maman Del Hendrixson. Cette préoccupation majeure l’a d’ailleurs poussé a crée de par ses faibles moyens en Gambie (West Africa) un centre socio-éducatif dont l’objectif est de venir en aide aux femmes pauvres, aux enfants des rues et aux ex-prisonniers. Ce centre très apprécié des populations gambiennes est en voie d’être initié dans d’autres pays Africains tels que le Sénégal, la Guinée, la Sierra Léonne, etc.

De par ses nobles actions en terre africaine, Maman Del Hendrixson est aujourd’hui connue en Gambie sous le nom de Mum Africa.
Veuillez aider Bajito Onda en donnant à Maman Del Hendrixson les moyens d’élargir ses actions à tous les pays Africains. L’Afrique en a grandement besoin.

Mao
Bajito Onda
Senegal
mao@bajitoonda.org

BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

2005-09-17T05:28:00.000-04:00

How does Bajito Onda change lifes in Africa.

It is my honor and privilege to speak about Bajito Onda. Bajito Onda is a humanitarian organization which is committed to break the cycle and restore the hope of people around the world. As a charitable organization, Bajito Onda realizes many issues in Africa. Most of these issues concern at-risk people such as poor women, homeless kids and ex-offenders. In order to talk about one of these issues let me exhibit my own path. I will mention how i met with Del Hendrixson and how Bajito Onda changed my life.

I will begin by introducing myself. My name is Mao. A homeless people, i lived a very stressful life in Senegal (Western Africa). I am deserted by my natural parents when i was 5 years old .I never know about my father. He left me with my mother when i was baby. As for my mother she long time lives with a man who doesn’t accept me in his house. I only got assistance from my mother in law who took care of my education. Unfortunately this education has not been of a great help in my life as the lack of family and job always endangered my way. For this i was really in despair before meeting with Bajito Onda. This situation was bored out of my mind. I was psychologically affected by it. That’s why it happened me to dream sometimes about commit suicide in order to leave this wretched life.
Fortunately I met with Mummy Del Hendrixson just at the right time. I met with her through internet while i was living in extreme poverty in Senegal. I was introduced to Del by a friend who asked me to send a proposal to Bajito Onda in order to start in Senegal a project which should help save my life. It was a pleasure to receive from Del a lovely letter in which she invites me to directly join the Bajito Onda family. Since this period we discussed about our two life and we found that we had the same path as we two was the victims of reject in our natural family.
With Bajito Onda and via Mummy Hendrixson i now got a proper life in Senegal. I used to receive each day from Del emails in which she invites me to stay strong and to only focus my mind on positive things. I cannot now be weak like suicide. Del is presently a part of my private life. It is hard for me to tell you what a real Mother Del is for me. She recently tried to get me in Dallas in order to give me an educational state of the art training in social and leadership management. Unfortunately my visa was turned down. I now cannot stay a day without hearing about Del. It kills me to learn that she suffers of something. I recently received financial assistance from her which really allowed me undertake business in Senegal.
She already helped me open in Senegal a chapter of Bajito which is committed to save homeless kids.

Here are some details regarding how Bajito Onda changes biographies throughout the world. Let me know if you need further information about Bajito Onda and Del Hendrixson.

Mao
Bajito Onda
Senegal
mao@bajitoonda.org

THIS IS MY FIRST POST - I AM MAO FROM SENEGAL

2005-09-16T08:04:00.000-04:00

I am new at this but I want to welcome you to my country of Senegal and to my wonderful family of Bajito Onda Africa Foundation. Always in service, Mao.

I am 34 years old. when i was a young boy growing up in africa i always yearned to be a humanitarian and to help people - kids like me - poor, living in ghettos - i looked up always for that helping hand to reach out to me - but i never found it. that is why my family disowned me because i have now three degrees in college for social work - and until I met the far reaching hand of Del Hendrixson, the founder of Humanist Movement Bajito Onda Africa Foundation I had no hope of even staying alive. I had no way to ever help others without ever believeing there was hope for me as well. I found that hope in Mum Del. We call her the mum of Africa. I know she has never even been here - but we pray someday she can join her sons and daughters here so she can know her loving children she is raising from around the world. She is a strict mum, but we follow orders, we serve, and we help others to have the love we never had as children understood for our humanitarian heart. There is such a horrible need for love in African villages where children have less value than animals, but we grow up if we are lucky and can survive the conditions. My conditions have been so horrible even as an adult I have had to live in huts with animals in order to survive. I am no longer oppressed in my heart or in my life because now I am a part of the Bajito Onda global movement to help women, children and prisoners and now my heart is unlocked and free to receive the love I have always needed and wanted. I am now the French translator for Bajito Onda global efforts, taking our loving missions into more and more languages and cultures. God Bless us All. Please if you can, please help our mum in the States. We here in Africa solely depend on her efforts there to help us become stronger in our work here. I send to you a personal invitation to come to the Gambia so you will know us personally and see our work in action. The Gambia under direction of brother Amidu Mansary - Africa and Global Outreach Director is moving several of the country presidents to his office for more centralized working and supporting of the work Mum Del is doing in the USA until she can get some donations and formal assistance. Always, son Mao

PROPOSALS FROM BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

2005-09-11T17:47:00.000-04:00

Mao Fall Nydiae is a brilliant writer as are all of the other Bajito Onda crew in Africa - we are now beginning to seek funding for the work we have already been doing for the past three years under the direction of Amidu Mansaray. Please comment if you like our work - please let us know if you will help with a badly needed donation to get more equipment (basic) sent to our chapter in the Gambia. Always, Del Hendrixson

WELCOME TO AFRICA!

2005-09-08T08:42:00.000-04:00

I am the founder of Bajito Onda which now has chapters worldwide and many in Africa. Mao Nydaie, is my dear son who is the leader of Bajito Onda Africa Foundation - Please feel free to participate with us. God Bless You and Welcome to our world!
Del Hendrixson, Global Founder
del@bajitoonda.org